The Micah Hanks Program

This week's Gralien Report Podcast features eerie stories of listener encounters and David Weatherly's analysis of a recent "Slender Man crime" discussed in the news.

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, listener emails set the mood for the strange as we probe for details regarding the appearances of strange mystery beings, including some commentary on the recent (and bogus) Discovery special on the “Russian Yeti”, as well as a report of a strange sighting of a “grinning man” seen in California.

Then in hour two, we turn our attention to one of the most disturbing cases we’ve heard about all year. Two young girls–both age 12–led a third 12-year-old girl into the forest, where she was held down and stabbed nearly twenty times… why? The misguided girls explained that their horrific actions had been meant as a “proxy” for an urban legend character called the Slender Man, and that by committing the heinous act of killing one of their peers, they could “prove the skeptics wrong.”

Author David Weatherly joins us to try to make sense of this tragedy, and discusses not only the folklore associated with Slender Man, but also the role parents must play in the lives of their children, and the potentially harmful interests they may have.

Strange disappearances, UFO sightings from around the world, and cryptozoology are all subjects on the table on this week's Gralien Report Podcast.

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, the continuation of our research into disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains National Forest continues, along with a discussion of UFO sightings around the world, and a possible anomalous craft photographed from the window of an airplane.

Then in hour two, we shift gears toward the discussion of mystery beasts with author Ken Gerhard, who discusses his research into the missing pieces to the great Earthly zoological puzzle with regard to flying humanoids, Bigfoot encounters, and even the minutia of the crypto-community represented by small, but supposed beasts unknown to science.

This week's Gralien Report Podcast takes a decidedly darker turn as we examine Fortean mysteries, organized harassment, and creepy disappearances.

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, the boys in the bunker take a look at the serious study of the unexplained and the work of Charles Hoy Fort, for whom the term “Fortean” is derived. Is it important for science to study the unexplained, and at what point does scientific dogma get into the realm of exclusivity? From reports of giant skeletons buried beneath North America, to strange tales of airships seen going all the way back to the 1850s, our examination of Forteana runs the gamut all within an hour.

Then in hour two, things take a creepy turn as we begin with an examination of John Keel and “organized harassment” of UFO researchers. Then Micah and Caleb get personal with their own creepy experiences in National Parks, in conjunction with a discussion of a truly unsettling strange disappearance in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. Is there more “afoot” here than there seems to be?

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This week's Gralien Report Podcast looks at weird happenings in the news, and how the work of the late H.R. Giger may have influenced the mythos of the chupacabra.

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, has the long-lost sunken Santa Maria, sailed by Christopher Columbus and lost off the coast of Haiti, been discovered? Also, what would Pope Francis think if Martians landed tomorrow? How many tentacles must an alien have before it qualifies for having a soul? And then in hour two, we also examine the work of the late H.R. Giger, and how it may have influenced the mythology surrounding the Chupacabra.

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, the Boys in the Bunker issue a warning to humankind about the ever-present threat of an asteroid strike on planet Earth… is this a threat should be taken more seriously? Then Matty Beckerman, the director … Continue reading →

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, the Boys in the Bunker issue a warning to humankind about the ever-present threat of an asteroid strike on planet Earth… is this a threat should be taken more seriously? Then Matty Beckerman, the director of the Brown Mountain Lights-inspired film Alien Abduction, joins us to discuss his movie, as well as his own personal sightings of the lights.

Then in hour two, things turn Whovian as author Aaron Gulyas joins us to discuss the influence of Doctor Who, the longest-running sci-fi drama on television, on culture throughout the last several decades. Of particular interest are the ways that the fate of Atlantis, along with von Daniken-inspired ancient astronaut theories, have been mirrored in the series, especially throughout the last several decades.